Display holder



March 25, 1930. 1 FLIER 1,752,246

DISPLAY HOLDER Filed April 11, 1928 INVENT'OR WITNESSES v Leal-7113er 5W BY yATTORNEYS fatentecl Mar. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES; paraitrori-*ica ILEo FLIEN., oNNEw YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNR 'ro lnurviansar. JEWELRY cAsn oo., A

QQT i NEW YORK DISPLAY Application med April 11,

TheV present invention isy concerned with th'eprovision of a display' holder which may have a wide vrange of utility, but which finds one of-fits`fpreferred embodiments'as a dis- 6 play holder for. strap watches or the like.

Mens wrist-watches or strapwatches as they are known to the trade are rather difficult to artistically display,"and it has been customaryr to display them in boxes'or on .10 blocks so arranged that the watch and one strap -overlies-the face' of the block, and the other strap"isf'-'concealed beneath the block, or inserted in-'a ypo'cket'in theblo'ck.

Display holders lof this'type as heretofore manufactured havebeen'unsatisfactory in several respects.L In'the first place, the attempt to rrdefine a pocket for thevconcealed strapend" between -af'pair of relatively stiff pocket forming members, hasresulted'in the provision of a sti-walled'pocket into which itis difficultf to introduce the strap, and has fu'rtherrnorev necessitated the use of a considerable amount of velvettorother facing materialsecured tothe face of both pocket formin members.

n accordance with the present invention, I eliminate these difficulties by the provision of a strap-watch holder in which a single piece of velvet is used, and considerable economy of material is thus effected.

The pocket which is provided, while fairly stiff, is suficiently capacious so that a strap may be very conveniently inserted therein; the pocket being defined by .a pair of integrally connected plate members, one of which terminates short of the other, the plate members being spaced from each other, so that a pocket is formed between them. l

I thus may utilize a single cardboard blank to form the body of the device and face the blank with a single sheet of fabric.

Another feature of the invention is the use of a blank provided with an integral easel, so that the display block may be conveniently supported in tilted position by the easel for attractive display of the watch which it holds.

Other and more general objects of the invention are to provide a strap-watch holder of simple, practical construction, which will lbe rugged, durable and eflicient in use, neat RsHIrcoMPosnn on Lno Nunn AND .Testina ZnLMAN, or BROOKLYN,

HOLDER 1928. Serial No. 269,163.

and attractive in appearance, andy well suited to facilitate the application of strap watches thereto.

With the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangeinentsof parts, `as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. The invention may be more fully understood from the following description in connection with the accompanying'drawings, wherein` Fig. 1 is a perspective view of oneof my improved display holders mounted in a box.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the box and holder, but showing v,the holder supported in inclined position byits easel.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fabriccovered display block removed from vthe boX.

Fig. t is a longitudinal sectional View therethrough. I f

Fig. fis a plan View of the blank from whichV the block is formed. A Y

The display holder of the present inventionr includes a v'pair of ysheets '10 and 11 of cardboard or other similar material, the ends 'ofL which are'connected together alongl'a fold line 12. Both edges of both sheets are provided with spacer flangesl" and 14: connectedtothe sheets by fold lines 15 and 16. Vthen'4 these flanges areV folded'inwardly andA the" sheetsfolded upon one another, the sheets are spaced a substantial distancefrom each other as seenin Fig. e and apocket 17 as defined between them, which pocket is provided with an open end' due to the fact that the'main body portion of the sheet 11 terminates shorty of the sheet 10. H y

-Atene side however, the sheet 1 1 is prof vided with an extension 11a extending the full length of thesheet 10, lso that when vthe two sheets are folded one upon the other, with'the spacerflanges 18 between them, the extension '11 and the spacer ia'nges under ity will define a longitudinally extending rib 1 8 at one side of the block. Having 'folded the blank of Fig. 5 as sug gested above, vthe blank is 'covered by a single sheet-'of a fabric, such for instance as the felt 20, the edges ofthis fabricy being folded 'lio saA

around and pasted to the under side of the sheet l0. The fabric is also pasted down to follow along the edge of the shoulder 1S and over the end of the plate 1l, and is slitted as at 2l in registry with the mouth of the pocket 17. Y

By virtue of this arrangement, a Strapwatch may be conveniently laid on the depressed portion 22 of the finished block with one strapfoverlying the main portion thereof, and the other strap lying in the pocket between the two plates l0 and 11. |lhe mouth of this pocket is quite spacious due to the spacing afforded by the flanges 13 and .141, and a strap even with a buckle thereon mayv be very readily moved into concealed position through the slit 2l, Y

The finished blocks are adapted to be used in ordinary display boxes such as 25 provided with covers 26, and a feature of the invention is the use of an easel member, so that if desired, the display blocks may be conveniently tilted to the position of Fig. 2 with the easel 27 resting against the rear corner of the box 25, and the forward edge of the block resting against the forward corner of the box. l/Vith the parts in this position, the rib 18 is functionally important in that it prevents the watch displayed from sliding all the way down to the front of the inclined block, and serves as an abutment for such watch.

The easel 27 is preferably formed as an integral part of the blank of Fig. 5, the plate l() being cut out as at 28 to define the easel wliichfis connected by a fold line 29 to the spacer flange 14 ofthe block.

When the block is torbe laid fiat in the bottom of the box, the easel folds back into its recess 28, but is spacedrfrom the walls of Y41)" such recess and provided with tongues so thatv it may be readily grasped and moved to the block supporting position of Fig. 2 when desired. Y

Obviously, various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention. Hence I do, not wish to limit myself to the details set forth,

r but. shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and `scope of the appended` Y claims.

Y tion of the upper plate terminating short of the corresponding portion of the lower plate to provide a mouth through which one strap of a watch laid on the extended end of the lower plate may be inserted,the means for spacing the plates apart comprising integral spacer flanges folded inwardly between the edgesV of the plates. j

2. A display holder for strap-watches or the like including a pair of relatively stiff spaced plates cooperatively forming a body and defining a pocket between them, a portion of the upper plate terminating short of the corresponding portion of the lower plate to provide a mouth through which one strap of a watch laid on theexended end of the` lower plate maybe inserted, and a bendable easel integrally connected to the lower-plate; 3. A display holder for strap-watches or lthe like including a pair ofrelat-ively stiff spaced plates cooperatively forming a body and defining a pocket between them, a portion of the upper plate terminating short of y the corresponding portion of the lower plateV plate, the upper plate having one corner thereof cut away, relatively narrow spacing members interposing theplates respectively along the adjacent side edgesy thereof,fto i form a longitudinal pocket betweenthe platesl having a mouth through which oiie'strap of a watch laid on the lower plate in the space afforded by the cut-away may be inserted.

f A10o Signed at Brooklyn, N. Y., .in the county' of Kings andState of N ew York this 20th day of February, A. D. 1928.

LEO FLIER. 

